Electricity generated from coal and oil is termed as 'Thermal Power'.
Gas and Oil fields are located in Naharkatiya, Assam. Oil from the fields is sent to Nunmati for refining and gas is made into electricity at Namrup.
It is the largest of all tributaries of Indus and rises in the Himalayan region in Himachal Pradesh
It is composed of Archaean gneisses and schists
Fertile alluvial soil sufficient water supply and optimum temperatures are the reasons behind the high output of paddy here. Also known as the 'Granary of the South', it is located in Tamil Nadu.
The Mumbai High Offshore Oil field is considered as a giant Oil field. An Oilfield to be categorised as a giant should have a minimum of 500 million barrels of recoverable crude oil.
There are 8 different types of Soils present in India. They are primarily differentiated on the basis of composition and structure. They are ::
1. Alluvial soils,
2. Black soils,
3. Red soils,
4. Laterite and Lateritic soils,
5. Forest and Mountain soils,
6. Arid and Desert soils,
7. Saline and Alkaline soils and
8. Peaty and Marshy soils.
Karst topography is a landscape formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum.
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